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What is the name of the tower or fortress of the Mycenaeans that is surrounded by a wall?
A
knossos
B
Citadel
C
Dorian
D
Phalanx
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Tiryns was a hill fort with occupation ranging back seven thousand years, from before the beginning of the Bronze Age. It reached its height of importance between 1400 and 1200 BC, when it became one of the most important centers of the Mycenaean world, and in particular in Argolis.

Detailed explanation-2: -The citadel of Mycenae, with its strategic position for the control of the Argolid Plain, is the kingdom of the mythical Agamemnon and the most important and richest palatial centre of the Late Bronze Age in Greece.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mycenaean is the term applied to the art and culture of Greece from ca. 1600 to 1100 B.C. The name derives from the site of Mycenae in the Peloponnesos, where once stood a great Mycenaean fortified palace.

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